And yet, part of him did not want her to leave. Having Eva around had been good for him,he had been starting to ossify, become stuck in his ways, before she had appeared. Snowpaw was an ancient memory, and while Tarrax was his best friend, even their games of magical sport had started to lose interest. Eva had changed all that, and as she had gone through her studies, he had tested her in the ancient ways. She had tested him as well, in other ways.